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GIVEAWAY 17

 

OVERVIEW

I broke down undervalued and sleeper picks for Yahoo and ESPN fantasy basketball points leagues, focusing on how site-specific rankings and ADP differences can be exploited on draft day. I also discussed important updates to Yahoo's injured list policies and walked through players who are materially under-ranked by default settings, often due to misunderstandings of their roles or previous season totals.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Yahoo’s discontinuation of IL+ and the makeover of IL eligibility will impact how managers handle injury-prone players in fantasy basketball points leagues; immediate 'out' status now triggers IL eligibility rather than prolonged waiting periods.
• Giannis Antetokounmpo and Domantas Sabonis are undervalued in Yahoo points leagues, with both projected to outperform their default rankings and ADP by significant margins if drafted in the mid-to-late first round or later.
• Anthony Davis and Paolo Banchero are being underdrafted relative to their per-game production in points leagues; managers should capitalize if they fall beyond the third or fourth round.
• Brandon Ingram, Dejounte Murray (notably coming off injury but in line for increased minutes), and Matas Buzelis are all quality points league values, routinely projected higher than their ADP indicates due to site ranking confusion or skepticism about role.
• Julius Randle, Ja Morant, Coby White, Jusuf Nurkic, and CJ McCollum offer high upside or stable roles at suppressed draft costs—target them aggressively in points leagues when available outside the top 60–100.
• ESPN continues to lag in updating ADPs even as drafts happen, making players like Cooper Flagg, Jalen Johnson, Haliburton, Kyrie Irving, and others major points league values well below their real projection.
• Walker Kessler, Jaren Jackson Jr., Lauri Markkanen, and Brandon Ingram are being drafted far below last season’s points league output on ESPN; ignore the ADP drop and pursue them.
• Listeners should err on the side of pushing competitive playoff dates slightly later in the season given tanking rule changes, with March 28 recommended as an updated fantasy playoff end date.

RESOURCES

• joshloydfantasy.com — New site for contest entry, mailbag submissions, and links to Josh’s fantasy tools and resources.

NEXT STEP

Check your own league settings on Yahoo and ESPN, compare players’ ADP and ranks to actual projections, and adjust your draft board accordingly.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Introduction
1:49 Yahoo injured list policy change
5:22 Yahoo points league sleeper analysis
15:03 ESPN points league sleeper analysis
33:11 JoshLloydFantasy.com launch and new mailbag
34:58 Listener mailbag: recommended playoff end date
36:41 Closing remarks

 

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